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Artemisiae Capillaris Herba [1]
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| | |  | Chinese Name | 角蒿D | |
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| | | | Common Name | capillaris | | | | | | |
| | | | Botanical Resources | Artemisia capillaris Thunb. (Compositae) | | | | | | |
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| | | | Photos-Plants |  | | | | | | |
| | | | Efficacy | resolving phlegm, eliminating calculus [ febrile disease, seasonal disease, rheumatism, fever and chillness, malaria, jaundice ] | | | | | | |
| | | | Indications |
Dizziness(頭旋)
,Blepharitis(風眼)
,Jaundice(黃疸)
,Febrile disease(傷寒)
,Oliguria(小便不利)
,Eczema of leg(濕瘡)
,Falcipartum malaria(瘴瘧)
,(遍身黃腫)
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| | | | Target Organs | liver, stomach, spleen, gallbladder | | | | | | |
| | | | Property | bitter and acrid, slightly cold | | | | | | |
| | | | Toxicity | Adverse effects include nausea, abdominal distension, and dizziness.
Oral administration of large doses to monkeys may cause severe myocardial damage, decreasing the glycogen granules and producing swelling and vacuolar degeneration of muscle cells 1,2).
Artemisinin may cause temporary reduction of reticuloendothelial cell count, and occasionally may also cause neurotoxicity 3). Pregnant women should avoid its use.
1) Liang X.T., in Advances Chinese Medicinal Materials Research, Chang, H.M. et al., Eds., World Scientific Publishing, Singapore 1985, p. 427.
2) Wang, D.W. and Liu, X.I., Acta Pharmacol. Sin., 4, 191, 1983.
3) Wesch, D.L. et al., Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 38, 1813, 1994. | | | | | | |
| | | | Constituents |
Abscisic acid (S-form)
Aesculetin dimethyl ether
(-)-alpha-Copaene
alpha-Curcumene
alpha-Pinene(+,-)
alpha-Terpineol
Apigenin
Arcapillin
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